An architectural and conceptual investigation of Berlin using the optigraph apparatus — layered photographic-analytical compositions that extract the city's underlying structural systems as speculative design readouts. Published as Miniseries 3: Berlin Readouts by Columbia Books of Architecture.
The Optigraph Drawings are a body of work that develops a hybrid drawing practice situated between photography, digital imaging, and architectural representation. Each optigraph compresses multiple moments of visual observation into a single layered composition, dissolving recognizable form into fields of diffracted light and intersecting structural lines.
Berlin Readouts
The Berlin Readouts series applies the optigraph apparatus to the city of Berlin, examining its underlying structure through extracted “readouts” that function as preliminary design charts. The investigative method is comparable to forensic examination — uncovering latent systems within urban infrastructure through the simultaneous overlay of analytical and speculative processes.
Publication
Published as Miniseries 3: Berlin Readouts by Columbia Books of Architecture (Columbia Architecture Planning Preservation), 1990. Paperback, 38 pages, 8 × 5 inches. Authors: Hani Rashid and Liseanne Couture.
Exhibition
The Optigraph drawings were exhibited at Max Protetch Gallery, New York.
